I am a fairly new subscriber to this list. I faithfully read the postings
to enhance my knowledge base. I am currently an MBA student, with >20
years of various experience in healthcare (medical laboratory technologist
by profession.
I am currently reading the text by Kouzes and Posner, "The Leadership
Challenge" plus a variety of other similar topic books.
A general "rule" about leadership is to not ask someone to do something
that you (the leaders) would not do yourself. I have found this to be a
fairly good rule to live by and have made it a part of my philosophy and
principle base. However I have experienced difficulty when dealing with a
different (younger) generation who have inherited a different work
philosophy than mine. That is, a task that I don't think twice about and
hence freely delegate is viewed as a not my job by a different work ethic
group. How does one deal with the differences between different work
group ethics (protestant, existential, pragmatic and generation X) and yet
still apply general leadership rules?
Carol Jacobson
cjacobson@lynx.bc.ca
--Carol Jacobson <cjacobson@lynx.bc.ca>
[Host's Note: In association with Amazon.com, this book link Kouzes & Posner, the Leadership Challenge http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787902691/learningorg ...Rick]
Learning-org -- Hosted by Rick Karash <rkarash@karash.com> Public Dialog on Learning Organizations -- <http://www.learning-org.com>